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Simon Riggs
Simon Riggs is very famous in the PostgreSQL community and he has recently announced that he is retiring as a PostgreSQL contributor. Thanks for what you have done for PostgreSQL.
https://postgresql.life/post/simon_riggs/
AMD Hypervisor with Rust - Matthias Heiden - Rust Linz, October 2022
How to write a basic hypervisor, is very interesting.
More OpenSSL vulnerabilities
It is affecting many distributions. Fedora 37 has been delayed.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5710-1
https://debugpointnews.com/fedora-37-release-delay/
Why Did The OpenSSL Punycode Vulnerability Happen
More on the OpenSSL bug.
https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/openssl-punycode/
AWX 21.8.0 Available
This release has many changes.
https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/21.8.0
When to use a Lambda function, and when not?
With many serverless technologies (like Step Functions) Lambda is not as essential as before. Jérôme shows a few use cases where Lambda can be preferred.
https://jeromevdl.medium.com/when-to-use-a-lambda-function-and-when-not-9a225e6dd2dd
Why build a multi-region serverless application and why not?
Marcia talks about multi-region architecture and why you might or might not need one.
How to plan for peak demand on an AWS serverless digital-commerce platform
Lessons from top retailers who manage Black Friday and other peak events on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
AWS Lambda Powertools for Python
This suite of utilities is very useful if you’re working with Python-driven Lambda functions at scale.
https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python
A different way of retrieving secrets in Lambda functions
https://arpadt.com/articles/ssm-extension
More Favorite Obscure AWS Service Names
A very funny list of obscure AWS services :-)
https://medium.com/@arrowood/more-favorite-obscure-aws-service-names-9fbd33e256b
Google Cloud uptime checks can cost you more than running what they are checking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33434592
How to Roll Your Kafka Cluster With Zero Downtime and No Data Loss
How a company moved from replacing all the instances with Terraform to still using Terraform but adding auto-scaling groups and CI/CD.
HAProxy Logging Configuration Explained: How to Enable and View Log Files
Everything you need to know about haproxy logs.
https://sematext.com/blog/haproxy-logs/
GopherCon 2022: Russ Cox - Compatibility: How Go Programs Keep Working
Go 1, the first stable release of Go, came with a compatibility promise. This talk will explain why that's important, what it does and doesn't mean, and the strategies Go uses to continue to evolve without breaking your programs.
mariadb-operator
https://github.com/mmontes11/mariadb-operator
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